Device for coupling wire and manila rope.



' .-'s12, 4 12. PAT-ENTED FEB. ls gqe, H. DOWNS & W10. WALL'Y. 1 DEVICE FOR COUPLING WIRE AND MANILA'ROPE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1905- wrruzssss:

ATTQRNEY rope and affords a means of UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OF ETNA,

neon DOWNS, or PITTSBURG, AND WILLIAM C. WALLY,

- PENNSYLVANIA. i

DEV-ICE FOR COUPLING WIRE AND MANILA' ROPE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 13. 1906.

Application filed June 21, 1905. Serial No. 266,251-

To aZZ whom it may concern: I its seat, The cap-socket 1 is next screwed Be it known that we, HUGH Downs, resid- I onto thesecuring member 2, and as an'extra ing at Pittsburg, and WILLIAM C. WALLY, reprecaution against the rope ullin out of its siding at Etna, in the county of Allegheny seat the pin 5 is driven t roug the two and State of Pennsylvania, citizens of the members and incldentall through the United States, have invented certain new strands of wire. The pin olds the section and useful Improvements in Devices for or securing member 2 against displacement Coupling Wire and Manila Rope; and .we do from the section 'or socket 1 and also holds declare the followin to be a full, clear, and the cable w1'th1n the socket. The manila exact description 0 the invention,, such as rope is then inserted in the split socket 6' and will enable others skilled in the art to which the ends thereof hammere together, thus it appertains to make and. use the same, refsecurely clamping the rope, wluch Wlll be erence being'had to the accompanying drawprevented from p ulhng'out of v ings, and to the figures of reference marked son of the taper given to the opemng and also thereon, which form a part of this specificaby the pins 8 passing through themetal and tion. rope. The two members 1 Our invention relates to a new, novel, and useful improvement in a device for coupling the ends of a manila and wire rope, extensivelyused in oil and water well dri lin Our device aims to overcome the di culty of splicing the ends of a wire and manila securely uniting united by the link 10. Should the link 10 break during the process of drilling and let down the string of tools attached to .the lower end of the manila rope, the cap-socket 6, being about nine inches in length, will fall against the side of the casing and can be readily caught by the fishing-tool. In case -of breakageof the wire rope near the connection 3 this part of the coupling being also about nine inches in length will fallaga'inst both ends thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, we have illustrated our invention by several views, in. which- Figure 1 is a side view; Fig, 2, a top plan view; Fig. 3, a sectional'view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. 1

Numerals of reference designate like parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 being an interiorly-threadedsocket and 2 a securing member adapted to screw into the socket 1. Formed through the member 2 is an opening 3, the inner end tapering outward and forming a seat for the end of the wire rope 4.

5 is a securing-pin passing through the socket and securing member.

6 represents a tapered hollow split secket for securing the end of the manila rope 7, the latter being secured by means of ins 8 8.

Formed in the ends of the soc ets 1 and 6 are eyes 9, through which is passed a link 10, thus uniting the two members.

T 1e operation for securing the wire rope consists in first inserting the end thereof through the member '2, then loosening the strands of wire, and bunchin the same so as to fill the tapered portion 0 the opening 3. This tapered opening is then babbitted, or filled with any other suitable packing, so as to securely lock the end of the Wire rope in by the ordinary fishing-tool. When drawing the tools out of-"the hole, the coupling device will readily pass over the crown-pulley on top of th derrick.

Having t us fully sire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a device of the character described, a socket formed in two sections, one threaded within the other, one of said provided with an eye, said socket being adapted to receive the eT- of a cable, means passing through the contactin the sections and the cable'to i0 tions against displacement one from the other, and to hold the cable within the socket, a second socket adapted to receivethe end of a cable and a link connection between the sockets.

turcs in presence of two witnesses.

HUGH noW s.

WILLIAM C. WALLY Witnesses:

J. M. Connor, 0. E. CoNLoN.

and j 6 are next shown and described ouninvention, what weclaim as new, and desect-ions being.

In testimony whereof we affix our signa- 7 its seat by reathe side of the casing and be readily caught ortions of d the see 

